I think I've inadvertently caused some confusion, and I apologize if I have.
I was under the assumption that the original post was about removing CO2 (but incorrectly posted as CO) from a fuel source (CO2 is also produced in coal gas) Converting CO2 into CO after the fact would yield a more potent fuel (H2 and CO) instead of (H2, CO, and CO2) However, I might have been wrong about the original post intention, Can I ask Dr. Karve to please clarify this, as I now feel I was wrong..... Greg Manning On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Ronald Hongsermeier <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, after reading this three times, it seems your goal is to cull the > coal gas of its CO and use that as automotive fuel. I think, if my memory > serves me correctly that the energy lost in the various conversions > necessary would make this even more energetically disadvantageous than the > already c. 10/1 energy density (dry biomass//delivered energy at engine) of > biomass <=> liquid gasoline/diesel fuel already is. For driving an internal > combustion engine you will lose way too much energy in conversion to make > this anything but a financial hole in the ground. That's why automotive > gasifiers directly connected to the engine via a filter, cooling and > control system were developed in the first place. > > regards, > Ron > > > > On 12.04.2015 05:14, Anand Karve wrote: > >> Coal gas as automotive fuel >> Agriculture, forests and urban centres in India produce annually >> about 1000 million tons of combustible waste biomass. Its energy >> content is almost 3 times as much as the petroleum that we currently >> use in our country. Samuchit Enviro Tech developed a simple and >> nonpolluting technology for converting combustible biomass into >> charcoal. When hot charcoal is treated with steam, it produces coal >> gas, consisting of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. We have >> used this reaction in an experimental stove, in which the coal gas is >> used as fuel. Can anybody suggest a simple method of removing carbon >> monoxide from coal gas? >> Yours >> A.D.Karve >> >> *** >> Dr. A.D. Karve >> >> Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com) >> >> Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gasification mailing list >> >> to Send a Message to the list, use the email address >> [email protected] >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page >> http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists. >> bioenergylists.org >> >> for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: >> http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists. > bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ >
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